The information on this page refers to License Statistics 6v6.11 15 and newer, which added Host IP new columns of information to the Usage Per User grid. If you are using a version previous to v6.1115,see see documentation for previous versions. |
The Usage Per User report under the Reports the Features: History section in the left navigation pane shows license usage for a selected type of aggregation, as described below. In this report, you can change time constraints as appropriate for your needs; for example, you can display license usage information based on monthly usage, but limit the displayed results to weeks.
The Usage Per User report may serve as a warning signal, letting you see whether higher usage is a one-time or a recurring event based on overall trends of license usage based on peak usage.
Types of aggregation
You can aggregate report results by:
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If the User Group and/or Host Group options are disabled, this indicates that no groups have been created. |
How aggregation is applied in a report
Aggregation enables you to specify detailed levels of the produced results. License usage information can be displayed for a specified entity, letting you juxtapose one set of data with another.
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The following diagram shows how License Statistics aggregation options are used by real-world entities in a company. |
Date Range
The Start Date, End Date, and Time Interval fields are interrelated; e.g., modifying the Start Date field affects the End Date field, depending on the selected Time Interval option. Selecting the "Custom" Time Interval option lets you specify the Start Date and End Date for the report.
Types of grouping (time units)
You can group feature usage information by:
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Let's assume the following values have been returned after grouping feature usage information by Day.
When we choose to group the above feature usage information by Month and set the start date to April 4, 2014, we obtain the following values:
When we decide to set the start date to April 1, 2014, we get the following values:
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Usage Per User grid
The Usage Per User grid includes the following:
Column Name | Description |
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Date | A particular day or period of time, whose format depends on the selected grouping option.
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User | A single user or a list of users. |
Host | A single host or a list of hosts where license usage took place. |
Host IP | IP address for the host. |
User Group | The name of a group of users. (This column will be displayed only if aggregating by User Group and one or more user groups exist.) |
Host Group | The name of a group of hosts. (This column will be displayed only if aggregating by Host Group and one or more host groups exist.) |
License server and | License server name and feature name, version and type. |
Max Usage | The maximum allowed level of feature usage, expressed in percentagesas a percentage. |
Hours Used | The sum of hours when licenses of a particular feature were used and/or borrowed. |
Min Used | The minimum number of licenses used in a particular time period. |
Avg Used | The average number of licenses used in a particular time period. |
Max Used | The maximum number of licenses used in a particular time period. |
Hours Borrowed | The sum of hours when licenses of a particular feature were borrowed. |
Min Borrowed | The minimum number of licenses borrowed in a particular time period. |
Max Borrowed | The maximum number of licenses borrowed in a particular time period. |
Denials | The number of denials that occurred in a particular time period. |
Total | The total number of licenses for the selected license server and feature. |
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To better understand possible aggregation scenarios, let’s look at the following example:
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